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Do you have a collection? How you downsize it? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Ted Y.
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MiddleRiver
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Good luck... What I'm seeing is nice binos that won't sell even for deep discounts. Keep'em and enjoy them!
The well known auction site generally gives reasonable results, at least it did for me some years back..
Ymmv, but I found that most buyers were honest and prices usually rose to near expected levels in the last few minutes before the auction closed.
I found no benefit from setting a reserve price, start at $1 and let the buyers compete.
I did have at least 1 scam buyer in about 50 sales, Paypal is relatively cheap insurance.
I never owned or sold anything really rare, so my experience may not fit your situation.
Ymmv, but I found that most buyers were honest and prices usually rose to near expected levels in the last few minutes before the auction closed.
I found no benefit from setting a reserve price, start at $1 and let the buyers compete.
I did have at least 1 scam buyer in about 50 sales, Paypal is relatively cheap insurance.
I never owned or sold anything really rare, so my experience may not fit your situation.
For the seller ebay is nice, reaches a big audience, but the fees are getting bad, up to 15-17%. Also in the USA the Paypal Goods & Services income now gets sent to the IRS and will be added to your taxable income. Lots of good reasons to use the ads here or on Astromart if you can.
SimonLS
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Or is the question how do you decide what to sell and what to keep?
My 10x42 FLs would be the first to go as they get the least use.
iseegeorgesstar
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The binos won't sell or you won't part with them?
edwincjones
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Donations-to family, friends, non profits
edj
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William Lewis
Wishing birdwatching paid the bills.
Not a problem, I can't afford a collection of high cost optics so have to sell to buy most of the time. I quite enjoy it actually, refining as taste changes and trying new things.
MiddleRiver
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I've just noticed that people list as 'open box' (when they clearly aren't really) since anything else (admitting they are used, even if 'gently'), results in at easily a 30-40% reduction is value. So I was just venting about having to loose hundreds $ on any bino I've 'collected' in my fickle quest for perfection (and which I blame entirely on some individuals frequently seen around here!).
As of this week, I successfully reduced the group down to 6 binoculars...feeling pretty good about it! There were some difficult good-bye's, took some losses, but this amount seems perfect, over the course of 6 months I'll use all of them. Any further culls beyond this will be tough sledding all the ones that are left are my absolute favorites
all the ones that are left are my absolute favoritesWilliam Lewis
Wishing birdwatching paid the bills.
If you don't mind me asking which are your keepers? I'm guessing slc, and SF - what about the rest?As of this week, I successfully reduced the group down to 6 binoculars...feeling pretty good about it! There were some difficult good-bye's, took some losses, but this amount seems perfect, over the course of 6 months I'll use all of them. Any further culls beyond this will be tough sledding
Alaska4me
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